Figure 2From: Investigation of human cationic antimicrobial protein-18 (hCAP-18), lactoferrin and CD163 as potential biomarkers for ovarian cancer Immunohistochemical expression of lactoferrin in ovarian tissues. Paraffin sections were stained by the immunoperoxidase method as described in Materials and Methods section. Representative fields were photographed at 200 X magnification. (a) Normal ovarian tissue; (b) benign ovarian tissue; (c) borderline ovarian cancer tissue; (d) grade 1 ovarian tumour; (e) grade 2 ovarian tumour; (f) grade 3 ovarian tumour. Black arrows denote brown epithelial lactoferrin staining. Negative controls from (g) normal and (h) grade 1 tumour.Back to article page